Letter-carrier&#39;s bag.



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LETTER CABBIERS BAG.

(Application led Oct. 20, 1899.)

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MCHAEL MCOARTHY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LETTER-CARRIERS BAG.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,987, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed October 20, 1899.

To a/ZZ whom 'it riz/ay concern.-

Be it known that l, MICHAEL MCOARTHY, ot Boston, (Roxbury,) in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new andImproved Letter-Carriers Bag, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to a letter-carrie1"s bag such as is disclosed inmy copending application, Serial No. 702,501, filed on the 18th ofJanuary, 1899; and it embodies certain improvements with respect to thebox or holder, which is secured in one end of the bag proper and formsthe wall thereof at said end, the box or holder serving to carryletters, while the other part of the bag is adapted to carry papers andother like packages.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims dene the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view withthe side of the bag broken away, showing the interior in section. Fig. 3is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. a is an elevation ofthe movable wall for the box or letter-holder.

The body A of the bag has a flap 5, which covers the top and extendsdown against one side thereof. The box or letter-holder B may be formedat one or both ends of the bag and is covered by the iiap 5. The outerend wall of this box or letter-holder B is slanted outward, as shown,and formed of two flaps 6, provided with independently operativefastening devices 7, by means of which arrangement the flaps may besecured together to close the letter-holder, or they may be opened forany distance throughout the height of the same. The inner wall 8 of theletter-holder is fastened at its lower end to the bottom of the bag andextends upwardly to the top of the letter-holder. Thisinner Wall 8 alsoforms the end wall of the main portion A of the bag, as shown best inFig. 2. The inner wall 8 of the letter-holder has rings 9 attached tothe side edges thereof, and these rings respectively slide ondiagonally-disposed rods 10, secured to the side walls of theletter-holder Serial No. 734,199. (No model.)

B, thus permitting the wall 8 to be moved back and forth toward and fromthe outer end wall of the letter-holder B, so as to press snugly againstthe letters contained therein, such letters being indicated at 1l inFig. 2. The upper end of the wall 8 is formed with a strap l2, providedwith eyes or other suitable fastening' devices 14, which are adapted toengage with a nipple or like projection l5, formed on a rod 16, which issecured to the side walls of the letter-holder at the top thereof andextends transversely across the same just beneath the flap 5. Thefastening devices 14 and l5 may be changed in any desired manner withoutdeparting from my invention. I attach no importance to the specic meansby which the strap l2 is secured to the rod 16, except that these meansmust permit the adjustment of the strap to tighten the wall S accordingto the amount of matter Within the box or holder B.

It will be seen that by this arrangement the letter-carrier may placethe large packages of his mail-matter in the main compartment A of thebag and that the letters may be placed in the desired order Within theletter-holder or box B. The movable wall 8 being tightened against theletters to hold them securely in the proper position will not permit oftheir being mixed or otherwise displaced. The flaps 6 may be opened atwill to withdraw the letters.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A letter-carriers bag, having a body with an opentop, a flap swinging over the body to close the top thereof, an innerwall situated in the bag and fastened at its lower end to the bottom ofthe bag, the side and top edges of the inner wall being free, and theWall forming the baginto two compartments, and means for adjustablyholding the upper end of the said inner wall, the end of the bagadjacent to said inner wall being formed of two fiaps having fasteningdevices for removably joining their contiguous edges.

2. A letter-ca1'riei"sbag, having a wall situated therein to form thebag into a main por tion and a letter-holder at one end of the bag, theWall being fastened at its lower edge to the bottom of the bag andhaving its side and IOO top edges free, means for adjustably holding theupper end of the wall, and a flap attached to the bag to close the mainportion thereof and the letter-holder.

3. A letter-carriers bag, having a wall situated therein and forming thebag into a main portion and a letter-holder, the wall having its lowerend secured to the bottom of the bag and having its side and top edgesfree, means for adjustably holding the upper end of the wall, and twoflaps forming the outer end wall of the letter-holder, such flaps havingtheir inner vertical edges provided with fastening devices for removablyjoining them with each other, for the purpose specified. l

4. A letter-earriersbag,having a verticallydisposed wall situatedtherein to form the bag into two compartments, the lower end of the wallbeing permanently fastened t0 the bottom of the bag and the side and topedges of the wall being free, means for removably holding the upper endof the said wall, and guide- A rods fastened to the sides of the bagWithin MICHAEL MCCARTHY.

Witnesses:

FRED. J. TAYLOR7 FRED E. CRUFF.

